Discovery Box2 Chronicles 33:10-12 
Context33:10 The Lord confronted 1 Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. 33:11 So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, 2 bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon. 33:12 In his pain 3 Manasseh 4 asked the Lord his God for mercy 5 and truly 6 humbled himself before the God of his ancestors. 7
2 Chronicles 33:23-24
Context33:23 He did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done. 8 Amon was guilty of great sin. 9 33:24 His servants conspired against him and killed him in his palace.
1 tn Heb “spoke to.”
2 tn Heb “and they seized him with hooks.”
3 tn Or “distress.”
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “appeased the face of the
6 tn Or “greatly.”
7 tn Heb “fathers.”
8 tn Heb “as Manasseh his father had humbled himself.”
9 tn Heb “for he, Amon, multiplied guilt.”
